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PARTNERS
WEDNESDAY 23RD MARCH 2011
YOUR VIEW: SHOULD CLIPSAL STAY?
Susan Mitchell’s column suggesting the Clipsal 500 should be moved
out of the city provoked an avalanche of letters from readers both for
and against the idea.
INDAILY WELCOMES LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The editor reserves the right to edit letters
indaily@solsticemedia.com.au
Andrew Millar
CLIPSAL is one of the few occasions when Adelaide
wakes from its sleepy state and shows a bit of
life and spirit. Sure, it’s motor spirit, but there is
precious little else to keep the heartbeat going.
We are a backwater and it’s healthy to stir up the
fluids occasionally.
Move Clipsal and you kill the spirit of the event and
its very positive effect on local businesses and the
attitudes of everyone who live here. Where do people
get the idea that Adelaide is some frail old lady that
we must not excite too much? I don’t want to live in a
mausoleum – a museum to tradition and faded glories.
Adelaide needs revving up occasionally.
Daphne Benham
WE ARE encouraged to use public transport, ride
a bike to work or walk. Then the streets are blocked
and the parklands covered with the ugly Clipsal
infrastructure, all at considerable cost to taxpayers,
many of whom see it as a noisy disaster. Each
competing team brings multiple cars by air or road,
using aviation fuel as well as the fuel burnt on the
track. So much for pollution reduction!
We once had an open-space race track north of
the city. Why not restore it and build permanent
infrastructure instead of moving tonnes of concrete
and Portaloos each year? With a bit of ingenuity the
venue could be useful for other sports. I have been
to car races at Bathurst – fresh air and lots of open
space after a nice drive in the country. Let’s keep
Adelaide urbane.
Keith Baldry
SUSAN Mitchell says “the recent
popularity of the Clipsal car race
is proof it has to be moved out of
the city”. I guess if you wanted to
solve the problem of its popularity,
then moving it would do that. The
reason it is “the best touring car
race in the world, bar none” (Murray Walker, last
Thursday morning on ABC 891) is because of its
location. It’s why the Festival, Fringe and Adelaide
Oval are so great, too. Ask the taxi drivers and
restaurateurs what they think, Susan, and set off for
work 20 minutes earlier that week.
Nicolette Di Lernia
I AGREE the Clipsal should be
relocated from the eastern Parklands.
The event is highly intrusive, requires
excessive resources to set up and dismantle each year,
and is incompatible with the Fringe and other festival
events located on neighbouring sites, which have been
in existence for decades.
The race affects traffic for weeks before the event and
also makes cycling and walking through the parklands
unsafe for extended periods. During the week of the
race itself we endure noise, litter, traffic snarls that
make the roads resemble car parks and anti-social
behaviour from a minority of spectators. Having put
up with this for 25-plus years, it’s time for another part
of Adelaide to share the love.
Stuart Bee
OF COURSE Clipsal needs to
stay in the city. All the road
closures bug me as well, and I
come in from eastern suburbs,
but I’m okay with it! If it really
annoys you that much, why
not go on holidays for those
few weeks – or book yourself
in at Resthaven for respite
care.
Robert Dansie
I WORK in an office located
directly on the track. We
lose access to the front of
our building for around four
weeks a year as a grandstand
is erected and dismantled
in front of us. This severely
inconveniences our staff
and customers without any
compensation. Not even a
thank-you.
Tod Cusack
I LOVE the Clipsal. I have been
to every one and will continue
todosoforaslongasIcan.
More letters
Photo: Michael Errey
Rev it up, Adelaide
Noisy disaster
Location, location
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